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Parliament Hill Lido

Sixty metres of unheated stainless steel, open every day of the year.

Swimming

Photo by Tom Page from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Built in 1938 and relined in steel, which is what gives the water its particular silver colour on a bright day. It is sixty metres long, unheated and never closes — single figures in February, and a queue of people who swim through it anyway. A sauna runs on the poolside through the winter, and it turns a cold swim into a good morning.

Where
Gordon House Road, NW5 1LT
Nearest station
Gospel Oak · 1 min walk

Hours

Monday07:00 – 17:30
Tuesday07:00 – 17:30
Wednesday07:00 – 17:30
Thursday07:00 – 17:30
Friday07:00 – 17:30
Saturday07:00 – 17:30
Sunday07:00 – 17:30

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 3 September 2026.

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